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Safety Specialist

Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanPosted 2 days ago
remote

Job Description

 

Make your mark for patients

患者さんのためにあなたの力を発揮してください

JOB SUMMARY

Primary Purpose / Regulatory Responsibilities:
• Responsible for ensuring Pharmacovigilance systems, operations and procedures are in place within the local organization for all territories assigned to the Affiliate as delegated
• Back up (or primary when delegated) contact for pharmacovigilance at the Affiliate
• Support the operational management of 1-2 medium or 1 highly complex Affiliate/country

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Support the Local Safety Officer to ensure oversight and management of Affiliate PV responsibilities as delegated/applicable:

Pharmacovigilance System

• Implement and maintain a pharmacovigilance system for the UCB products authorized in the territory and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and company requirements;
• Identify and clearly articulate evolving local needs (regulation changes, eco-system changes, etc.) impacting Pharmacovigilance and as required work collaboratively with corporate Pharmacovigilance teams to develop and implement solutions; Provide input to harmonize global/local processes and to secure compliance; Work in close collaboration with corporate Pharmacovigilance teams to ensure that local obligations are managed and compliance to local authorities is maintained and secured; 
• Maintain quality management system related to pharmacovigilance, including management of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Associated Instructions (AIs) and documents (e.g. forms, templates) to describe local processes and requirements and perform regular gap analysis as needed in order to ensure alignment with global SOPs; Maintain oversight of local deliverables delegated to service providers; 
• Ensure timely management of deviations and risk mitigation by defining appropriate CAPAs and ongoing trend analysis as appropriate.
• Maintain a functional connection with the Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (Global/EEA QPPV) e.g. participating in regular Local Safety Officer (LSO) meetings organized by corporate Pharmacovigilance;
• Ensure that the required local information for the Pharmacovigilance System Master File (PSMF) is made available to the EEA QPPV office, either directly or through local delegations (UCB colleagues or third parties);
• Ensures that adequate back-up processes are available

Proactive Regulatory Intelligence
• Maintain thorough knowledge of the local current pharmacovigilance regulatory requirements and landscape plus proactively monitor for emerging regulations and communicate such to corporate teams (including EEA QPPV), local stakeholders;
• Perform Impact assessment, gap analysis and implementation strategy for new or updated regulations and notify Global/EEA QPPV (as applicable), corporate Pharmacovigilance and relevant stakeholders. 

Health Authority inspections and Audit readiness
• Ensure inspection and audit readiness of the relevant local departments in full collaboration with corporate Pharmacovigilance and Quality Assurance;
• Participate in and manage pharmacovigilance audits and inspections, perform root cause analysis, ensuring timely identification and implementation of respective Corrective Actions Preventive Actions (CAPAs);

Stakeholder Management
• Engage in transversal collaboration with affiliate and corporate stakeholders to secure pharmacovigilance compliance; 
• Engage external stakeholders e.g. scientific community, patient advocacy groups, regulators and pharma industry for insights that leads to solutions for patients.

Other accountabilities for the role may include some or all the tasks, responsibilities such as –

• Support the LSO in operational management of 1-2 medium or 1 high complexity Affiliate/country.
• Collaborate as Deputy LSO for another country outside of direct Affiliate responsibility or another Affiliate as applicable
• Act as back-up SME for other Affiliates/countries
• Support effective, smooth management of Partnerships/vendors additionally for at least 1 countries/Affiliates

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION 

Bachelor's Degree

Other : HCP based education (such as physician, pharmacist, nurse) or any relevant graduation/experience in medical-scientific area (such as PhD/master in biological sciences or related degree)

COMPETENCIES

Specific skills 

• Expert in pharmacovigilance, with an in-depth expert knowledge of associated regulatory requirements;
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and execute multiple tasks within assigned objectives to meet compliance requirements;
• Have good interpersonal skills, ability to work independently in matrix organizations;
• Team working and networking promoter; 
• Qualities of authenticity, resilience and adaptability;
• Communicates personal views clearly, even if they may be opposed by others;
• Be a Role model, with high level of integrity and honesty, both internally and externally. Ability to inspire peers, stakeholders and others;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as the position requires to interact across multiple levels and with diverse functions (e.g. commercial, quality, regulatory, legal, medical) within and outside UCB (e.g. regulators, patients, HCP’s, Pharma industry associations);
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English and local language as required (specify any local language skills according to local requirements, if any);
• Good meeting preparation, facilitation skills
• Demonstrated ability to understand, analyze, and summarize scientific and medical information;
• Professional demeanor, team orientated, self-motivated, and ability to effectively engage with stakeholders;
• Problem solving:
a) Experience and ability to identify risks or issues, propose solutions or alternatives; Ability to identify gaps, perform trend analysis and implement risk mitigation strategy
b) The Ability to understand and use technology, knowing its limitations and understanding the risks and the precautions that usage requires

 

 

患者さんのために価値を創造し、ご自身の力を発揮する準備ができているとお感じでしたら、ぜひ私たちにご連絡ください。

 

会社概要

UCBは、神経および免疫領域に注力するグローバルなバイオ医薬品企業です。世界中で約8,500人の社員が、患者さんからインスピレーションを受け、科学の力で前進しています。

 

UCBで働く魅力

UCBでは、単に業務をこなすのではなく、価値を創造することを大切にしています。私たちは挑戦を恐れず、協力し合い、革新を追求しながら、患者さんのために成果を出すことを目指しています。
誰もが尊重され、受け入れられ、最善を尽くせる平等な機会がある、思いやりと支援に満ちた文化が根付いています。
私たちは常に「その先」を目指し、患者さん、社員、そして地球に対して人間らしさを大切にした価値を提供しています。
UCBで働くことで、自分自身の成長を実感し、自由にキャリアを築き、可能性を最大限に引き出すことができます。

UCBでは機会均等を重視しています。すべての採用決定は、法律で保護されているいかなる属性にも関係なく行われます。

 

選考プロセスにおいて、ご自身の強みや能力を十分に発揮できるよう配慮が必要な場合は、以下のメールアドレスまでご連絡ください:

[email protected]

※なお、この問い合わせ先では選考における特別な配慮に関するご相談以外はお受けできませんので、ご注意ください。

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